18th
January
2009
Venus in Ultra Violet Light, 14th January 2009
Hi all
This image of Venus was captured on the evening of the 14th January 2009 as the planet reached maximum elongation (greatest apparent distance) from the Sun. Still, the altitude at capture was only 25° and the atmospheric turbulance was very evident.
It’s my first capture of Venus in over 10 months and I figured I need to get it out of the way while motivation is still high 
The image was captured with a Schuler UV filter which reveals clouds in the upper atmophere. Unfortunately due to the bad seeing, the albedo features aren’t well defined but some contrast variations are still visible.
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My name is Mike Salway and I'm an amateur astronomer and photographer. I'm the co-founder of 
